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VALUABLE MANLY MEMORIAL STAKES Richest Cross Country Event of the Year to Bo Decided at Pimlico Today TodayBaltimore Baltimore Md November 4 Seventeen of tlie best steeplechasers in the country arc named to start in the Manly Memorial Steeplechase the rich ¬ est of all American crosscountry events to be run at Pimlico tomorrow The Manly is a handicap for Jumpers four years anil over and has 10000 added of which the second horse receives 2000 the third 1000 and the fourth 500 The winners share will in the event of all seventeen starting be close to 9000 In addition to the monetary value a gold cup presented by Mrs William M Manly and C Hughes Manly widow and son of the late William M Manly president of the Maryland Jockey Club in whose memory the staUe was es ¬ tablished goes to the winner The cup becomes the property of the owner winning it twice not nec ¬ essarily consecutively Last year Cayt J E Davis ISrooks won the Manly and if he should again win it tomorrow the cup would become the property of the popular army captain who is serving Uncle Sam in the Kemount Division DivisionThe The interest and growing importance in the fasci ¬ nating snort of steeplechasing is strikingly illus ¬ trated in the big and highclass field named to contest the Manly tomorrow Time was even when racing was at the height of its glory that a field of five or six was considered a large one in a jump ¬ ing event And for tomorrows race seventeen are carded to start startThe The Brook the foremost jumper of the present year is the toy weight of the probable starters that crack fencer being asked to carry the crusher of 10i jiounds Despite his heavy impost he is certain to go to the post the favorite many good judges of horses through the field declaring him to be the best jumper seen in this country in a number of years However Brooks the winner of the Maidy last year will not bs overlooked especially as he has a good pull in the weights over The Brook Brooks will have to carry 150 pounds eleven more than he did when lie won the race last year Otiier formidable contenders include Trtimpator Bet Ilibler Pebeto and New Haven Still again the winner may come from among the least consid ¬ ered ones as any of the mishaps such as falling losing riders etc usually attending the running of contests through the field may eliminate the fa ¬ vorites as well us the outsiders outsidersSurely Surely the Manly tomorrow should prove a won ¬ derful sight and a grand contest one which will bring devotees of that fascinating branch of the sport to Iimlico in large numbers
